Originally Posted by
newyorkgeorge
From a site (FT) in which people will pay 2-3 times the price of Y for an F ticket instead of MCE. Some people do fly AA (and DL/UA) for other reasons. Like Spirit doesn't fly to Europe.
We are not talking about flying to Europe. We are talking about MCO-PHL (or, in my example, DFW-LAS).
Take it as a given that I am not willing to sit in Y on this flight, thus this discussion is a comparison of NK BFS to AA F. AA F is almost triple the cost of NK BFS on the flights in question. The flight times and products are broadly comparable (with the exception of free beverages on AA). There is no rational reason for a paid F passenger to pay nearly 3X to fly AA compared to NK.